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My Rail Road
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 17, 2008 1:09 PM

My rail road with some new buildings .

  I took these pictures today .   BEN

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Posted by Capt Bob Johnson on Sunday, August 17, 2008 4:00 PM

Well, Ben, you are a lot farther along than I am.  Just got the waterfall moved a few weeks ago, and finished up laying block the other day.   Now have to build bridge across river gorge, then lay track and build a zillion trestle bents this winter for the return downhill.   After all that, we can start plantings and scenery stuff.

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Posted by tangerine-jack on Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:47 PM

Looking good Ben!  With luck I may be able to come by and visit in the fall, my current job keeps me hopping around the country, so who knows when I'll breeze into town....

Bob's railroad is looking good.  I stopped by and took a peek on my way to the Amtrak shops in Wilmington.  Forgot my camera, but moving the waterfall back about 6ft made a huge improvement in the visual impact of the layout.  Bob's done a lot of work, got a lot left to do as well!  But who cares, these things are never really finished are they?

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:27 PM

 Hello T. J.

 Good hearing from you , i kept asking  Capt. Bob how you were doing , thank for the comments

about my pictures .     Ben

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Posted by enginear on Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:15 PM

Ben, it does look great!!! Joe

 

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Posted by van buren s l on Monday, August 18, 2008 7:08 AM

Benny

Your new buildings look right at home. Nice looking railroad.

Bob

PS Thanks for the tip.

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Posted by Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r. on Monday, August 18, 2008 5:25 PM
Nice job there Benny ! Looks great !
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:00 AM
 Joe - Bob- Mike ,  thanks for the comments about my railroad,  on Saturday  August 16th i had 4 people stop to check out the R R . and on Tuesday 19th i had 2 more people stop and all the people seemed to enjoy the  R R they  all stayed around for over  1  1/2 hrs..   BEN
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Posted by ttrigg on Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:38 AM

Ben:

Glad to see your buildings "in the drit".  I did not realize that you were this far into the layout.  I guess that is what an old putz like me gets for trying to think.  I notice you put a "foundation" under the C.S. buildings. 

What did you use? and how did you attach it.  I've put painted plexiglas floors.porches under my buildings.  I got a stach of the C.S. corner braces and glued them to the building so I could use screws to attach the flooring, that way I can add furnishings later on.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:54 AM

 ttrigg

the base of the buildings are 1x12 pine ,i got a 4 ft. long piece and cut it from their, then i painted it and used the same glue to glue the building , Wal-mart 4- $1.00 super glue it seems to be working ,it rained on it the other day and it's been hot some days , it's still holding . I'M not a young putz either .  Ben

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